1973 Pawtucket Red Sox Statistics
Team Record: 78-68
Finished 2nd in the IL's North Division
Manager: Darrell Johnson (78-68)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Ballpark: McCoy Stadium
Attendance: 78,592, Avg. 1,077
Playoffs - Pawtucket Red Sox 3 games, Tidewater Tides 2
Finals - Pawtucket Red Sox 3 games, Charleston Charlies 2
The Pawtucket Red Sox of the International League ended the 1973 season with a record of 78 wins and 68 losses, finishing second in the league's North Division.
The Red Sox scored 580 runs and surrendered 554 runs. Cecil Cooper led Pawtucket with 15 home runs and drove in 77 runs. Juan Beníquez paced hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .298 clip. Dick Pole topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 2.03 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Ken Tatum, Craig Skok, Mark Bomback, Brant Alyea, Cecil Cooper, Don Newhauser, Don Bryant, Lance Clemons, Vic Correll, Lynn McGlothen, Juan Beníquez, Ray Culp, Buddy Hunter, Dick Pole, Rick Burleson, Mel Behney, Steve Barr and Jim Rice were all players from the 1973 Pawtucket Red Sox who played in the Majors during their careers.
Darrell Johnson served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Pole | 12 | 9 | .571 | 2.03 | 23 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 182.0 | 124 | 54 | 41 | 4 | 80 | 3 | 158 | 4 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Mark Bomback | 10 | 7 | .588 | 3.36 | 23 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 150.0 | 123 | 65 | 56 | 9 | 73 | 3 | 105 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Mel Behney | 9 | 7 | .562 | 4.01 | 22 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 137.0 | 125 | 70 | 61 | 22 | 62 | 2 | 84 | 4 | 1 | 11 | ||
| Bill Kouns | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.69 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 105.0 | 81 | 45 | 43 | 5 | 57 | 5 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Ken Tatum | 8 | 12 | .400 | 4.81 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 116.0 | 122 | 76 | 62 | 12 | 46 | 8 | 63 | 6 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Craig Skok | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2.41 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 97.0 | 68 | 27 | 26 | 10 | 23 | 1 | 85 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| George Pfeiffer | 6 | 3 | .667 | 4.50 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 60.0 | 60 | 32 | 30 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ray Culp | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.01 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 83.0 | 74 | 42 | 37 | 8 | 37 | 5 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Chuck Ross | 5 | 5 | .500 | 2.14 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 63.0 | 52 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 39 | 2 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lynn McGlothen | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.91 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 53.0 | 56 | 26 | 23 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Barry Sbragia | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Barr | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.79 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Newhauser | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.79 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19.0 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Lance Clemons | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.06 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 51.0 | 48 | 26 | 23 | 6 | 29 | 3 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 11 | ||
| Mike Neal | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6.63 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 57.0 | 72 | 47 | 42 | 8 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Totals | 78 | 68 | .534 | 3.61 | 250 | 146 | 0 | 77 | 11 | 14 | 1191.0 | 1040 | 554 | 478 | 98 | 550 | 38 | 777 | 37 | 4 | 60 | 0 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Cummings | 127 | 536 | 483 | 78 | 139 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 35 | 19 | 6 | 41 | 50 | .288 | .347 | .350 | .697 | 169 | 3 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Roger Nelson | 142 | 582 | 501 | 77 | 135 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 53 | 9 | 4 | 66 | 87 | .269 | .353 | .347 | .701 | 174 | 0 | 13 | 2 | ||
| Cecil Cooper | 128 | 507 | 450 | 68 | 132 | 27 | 1 | 15 | 77 | 11 | 1 | 49 | 48 | .293 | .360 | .458 | .818 | 206 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Juan Beníquez | 131 | 508 | 440 | 80 | 131 | 24 | 4 | 13 | 52 | 25 | 8 | 50 | 55 | .298 | .373 | .459 | .833 | 202 | 5 | 10 | 3 | ||
| Rick Burleson | 146 | 531 | 477 | 58 | 120 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 45 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 68 | .252 | .312 | .335 | .647 | 160 | 6 | 8 | 3 | ||
| Frank Vazquez | 125 | 464 | 416 | 52 | 112 | 27 | 2 | 9 | 51 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 43 | .269 | .330 | .409 | .739 | 170 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||
| John Mason | 94 | 312 | 278 | 38 | 63 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 47 | .227 | .305 | .277 | .582 | 77 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Frank Mannerino | 99 | 325 | 279 | 25 | 59 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 34 | 50 | .211 | .300 | .319 | .619 | 89 | 2 | 8 | 2 | ||
| Buddy Hunter | 87 | 317 | 252 | 23 | 52 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 33 | .206 | .344 | .278 | .622 | 70 | 2 | 9 | 2 | ||
| Vic Correll | 95 | 321 | 284 | 30 | 52 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 61 | .183 | .268 | .327 | .596 | 93 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Tony Torchia | 63 | 223 | 198 | 20 | 50 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 20 | .253 | .317 | .354 | .670 | 70 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Brant Alyea | 48 | 169 | 151 | 9 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 38 | .212 | .268 | .364 | .632 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Tom Maggard | 47 | 160 | 134 | 11 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 56 | .179 | .284 | .306 | .590 | 41 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Jim Rice | 10 | 40 | 37 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .378 | .425 | .757 | 1.182 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Bryant | 18 | 51 | 47 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .170 | .220 | .191 | .411 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Steve Eagan | 8 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .267 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barry Sbragia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bill Kouns | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Neal | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1411 | 5064 | 4444 | 580 | 1125 | 199 | 18 | 85 | 511 | 78 | 33 | 489 | 681 | .253 | .328 | .363 | .692 | 1615 | 0 | 23 | 78 | 30 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cecil Cooper | 1B | 127 | 1082 | 84 | 12 | 97 | .990 | 9.181 | ||||
| Tony Torchia | 1B | 12 | 100 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 8.750 | ||||
| Frank Vazquez | 1B | 9 | 90 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 1.000 | 1.444 | ||||
| John Mason | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Buddy Hunter | 2B | 57 | 127 | 183 | 5 | 41 | .984 | 5.439 | ||||
| John Mason | 2B | 40 | 56 | 96 | 7 | 17 | .956 | 3.800 | ||||
| Rick Burleson | 2B | 35 | 66 | 92 | 4 | 26 | .975 | 4.514 | ||||
| Juan Beníquez | 2B | 19 | 30 | 42 | 5 | 4 | .935 | 3.789 | ||||
| Mike Cummings | 2B | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 3.000 | ||||
| Frank Vazquez | 3B | 87 | 61 | 150 | 9 | 14 | .959 | 2.425 | ||||
| Buddy Hunter | 3B | 32 | 26 | 40 | 10 | 8 | .868 | 2.062 | ||||
| John Mason | 3B | 19 | 23 | 26 | 2 | 3 | .961 | 2.579 | ||||
| Juan Beníquez | 3B | 15 | 6 | 30 | 4 | 2 | .900 | 2.400 | ||||
| Vic Correll | C | 85 | 415 | 33 | 5 | 5 | .989 | 5.271 | 5 | |||
| Tom Maggard | C | 47 | 298 | 25 | 5 | 5 | .985 | 6.872 | 5 | |||
| Don Bryant | C | 18 | 74 | 7 | 4 | 1 | .953 | 4.500 | 3 | |||
| Steve Eagan | C | 8 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.125 | 0 | |||
| Roger Nelson | OF | 142 | 274 | 5 | 7 | 0 | .976 | 1.965 | ||||
| Mike Cummings | OF | 119 | 187 | 7 | 8 | 1 | .960 | 1.630 | ||||
| Frank Mannerino | OF | 98 | 145 | 12 | 5 | 2 | .969 | 1.602 | ||||
| Juan Beníquez | OF | 47 | 98 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .971 | 2.149 | ||||
| Frank Vazquez | OF | 28 | 39 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .953 | 1.464 | ||||
| Jim Rice | OF | 10 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.100 | ||||
| Tony Torchia | OF | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.143 | ||||
| Lance Clemons | P | 35 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .457 | ||||
| Ken Tatum | P | 32 | 7 | 23 | 3 | 3 | .909 | .938 | ||||
| Dick Pole | P | 23 | 14 | 27 | 2 | 4 | .953 | 1.783 | ||||
| Mark Bomback | P | 23 | 11 | 24 | 2 | 0 | .946 | 1.522 | ||||
| George Pfeiffer | P | 22 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .938 | .682 | ||||
| Mel Behney | P | 22 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.227 | ||||
| Bill Kouns | P | 18 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .556 | ||||
| Mike Neal | P | 15 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .800 | ||||
| Chuck Ross | P | 13 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.000 | ||||
| Craig Skok | P | 12 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.583 | ||||
| Don Newhauser | P | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .273 | ||||
| Ray Culp | P | 11 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 2 | .923 | 2.182 | ||||
| Lynn McGlothen | P | 9 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.444 | ||||
| Steve Barr | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Barry Sbragia | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Rick Burleson | SS | 114 | 175 | 339 | 21 | 70 | .961 | 4.509 | ||||
| Juan Beníquez | SS | 36 | 62 | 101 | 14 | 24 | .921 | 4.528 | ||||
| Totals | 1465 | 3569 | 1474 | 145 | 353 | .972 | 3.442 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
